Rosita Quiroga

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Rosita Quiroga (1896-1984) was the first female tango singer, a direct heir of the primitive early payadores (itinerant singing improvisers). Hers is a unique case in the history of woman in tango. No one expressed like she did, she sang with the same cadence and the same "air" as she had when speaking; she was the unique female model who represented the outskirts people features. She interpreted naturally, without premeditation, and strummed chords in her guitar in the way Juan de Dios Filiberto, her neighbor in La Boca quarter, had taught her. She talked interspersing slang and vulgar words, with a canyengue rhythm, just like those she had heard from the men at her place, dock workers and cart drivers. She did it lisping and her voice was not strong but it generated an intimate mood as if she were singing for herself. She was faithful to this style until death even though she had overcome poverty and held a comfortable financial position. The journalist Jorge Göttling called her the "Piaf from the outskirts of Buenos Aires". She sprang up at the precise moment and was different from all the other singers. She quickly achieved success, she was the beloved daughter of the Victor company to which she was loyal throughout her career. She began recording in 1923, her first release was an estilo titled "Siempre criolla". Her first tango was "La tipa", by the guitarist Enrique Maciel and lyrics by Enrique Pedro Maroni. It was her and, of course, the Victor label, who starte

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